I skipped Drake's story (#4) because he was suuuch a dick in Noah's story (#3). Just went right on through to this one.

Sinful Secrets has a soap opera plot, which was entertaining but also tedious. Cat doesn't trust Jason until the story is pretty much over. She spends the entire time trying to run away from him or allowing herself to be seduced into staying. It made for a terribly weak character even though she obviously felt like she was taking a stand. I'd have given this four stars if Cynthia Eden would have just written Cat and Jason into showing a united front for more than two pages.

As for Jason, he isn't a great hero, to be honest. He's completely thoughtless when it comes to Cat's feelings and is totally driven by hate. Every so often he'd say or do something that would make me go "Yeah, now THAT'S a hero!" But it would quickly be followed by "Oooh nooo, you fuckbag dumbass, you did NOT just say that!" I am torn.

Overall, I guess I liked it. Mainly the suspense because WTF I did not see any of that coming. The characters were disappointing, though. I really enjoy Cynthia Eden's work, especially because I can reread her books so easily, but this is one I definitely won't be reading again.

Sinful Secrets - Melissa Ohnoutka





Someone is after event planner Joanna McNamee and Deputy Ryker Kane will make it his mission to keep her safe. Back in college, they shared one special night and then Joanna ran without any explanation. Now fate has given Ryker another chance to convince Joanna they were meant to be.

So this book started out entertaining, but halfway through I started to get really bored with it all. One, this is a romantic suspense, heavy on the SUSPENSE and VERY light on the romance. In fact, we don't get any sexytimes until 95% into the book. Even then it feels really forced since I never felt a romantic connection between these two characters AT ALL.



On top of that, the suspense story was just really silly and ridiculous. I'm talking the characters getting shot multiple times. Buildings blowing up. Crazy baddies that survive situations like the aforementioned building blowing up. Just way OTT. Not to mention I had the baddies figured out from 5% into the book. It is really incredibly obvious.

I also didn't like Joanna. She came across as a bitch, and really a bit too stupid to live. 95% into the book she is still hemming and hawing about whether she wants to get involved with Ryker. Why I have NO clue. The guy never did anything to her. The one misunderstanding is cleared up fairly early in the book. She was just one of those characters you that makes you want to throat punch them.

Overall a pretty middle of the road read.

 

 

While staying at the luxurious Thorncliff Manor, Viscount Spencer falls instantly for charming Lady Sarah. But will a scandalous secret destroy their dreams of bliss?

Jason and Catherine are from two rivaling families, their whirlwind romance and spur of the moment marriage was doomed from the beginning. So Cat shouldn´t be surprised when she´s blackmailed. What does surprise her is Jason´s reaction to her return to Vegas.
Quick read, smutty fluff, suspense and action in a great combo.
4,5 Stars
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book in return for an honest review.